His comments about Bolling came up in an interview with two New York Times reporters about a previously unreported allegation against O'Reilly by former Fox News legal analyst Lis Wiehl.

The Times reported Saturday that O'Reilly agreed to pay Wiehl $32 million to settle her claims of harassment and "a nonconsensual sexual relationship," and that Fox knew of the settlement, though not the amount, when it extended O'Reilly's contract last February.